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Not who you're looking for? Others named Philadelphia Athletics: baseball team that played in the American League from 1901 t · professional baseball team active 1890–1891 · professional baseball team that played from 1860 to 1876 · played in the American Association from 1882 through 1890
The Philadelphia Athletics were a professional American football team based in Philadelphia in 1902. The team was member of what was referred to as the National Football League. This league has no connection with the National Football League of today. The whole "league" was a curious mixture of baseball and football. During the league's only year in existence, two of the three teams that were financed by the owners of the Philadelphia Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies, hence the names Philadelphia Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies. The Pittsburgh Stars made up the third team and was suspected of being financed by the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.
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